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I have an M-1 Carbine and I found I had a SIG mini red dot I wasn't using, so I got the Ultamak mount for my carbine that clamps to the barrel, replacing the upper handguard and mounted the red dot. It works very well. Enclosed is a photo from the ULTAMAK website. The MicroT1 looks identical to the SIG sight. I am very pleased with how mine shoots with it.

I don't intend to offend anyone, but I just can't see taking a classic firearm like the M1 Carbine and putting optics on them. It just seems like blasphemy to me. Call me old fashioned, but I'm sorry!

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you're old fashioned !
I don't think the putting optics on them is any different than what happened to alot of military rifles after the war and even today; many of them are sporterized. If it is a pristine example and a collectible rifle in it's military configuration, then I'd be hesitant to do any permanent mods, but there are thousands(x100) carbines out there, may as well personalize one and make it your own.

Would make me cringe more to start cutting barrels and rechambering if anything. For comparisons sake I would like to shoot a carbine with optics and see what it's capable of.

at the risk of also sounding old fashioned too ( and i already know i am ) optics on a carbine ? these things were made for short distance shooting and as is one very acurate rifle as long as you understand its' limitations. optics on a carbine is like installing a bomb site on a cessna.

You sure it's a carbine and not a Garand? If it's a carbine with that much kick, then something is wrong with the gun or some hot hot ammo.

or maybe an M14?

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I'm positive that it was a carbine. It probably felt like it had so much recoil because it was the first gun higher than a .22 I had shot. That and I was only 14. But your right, If I went back and tried it now I doubt it would be as bad I remember.

I'm positive that it was a carbine. It probably felt like it had so much recoil because it was the first gun higher than a .22 I had shot. That and I was only 14. But your right, If I went back and tried it now I doubt it would be as bad I remember.

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I can certainly see that if you were 14 and didn't have the stock firmly in the shoulder, you could get a decent pop from recoil. I also learned that lesson pretty early on with my 20ga, only happened once !

The Garands are still rough on the shoulder after 25-30 rounds even now. I gotta lot of respect for those guys that had to shoulder them daily during wartime.

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